You ask what a nice girl will do? She won’t give an inch, but she won’t say no.
MARTIALYou admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise.
More Martial Quotes
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You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
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It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
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They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life.
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Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Gifts are like hooks.
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The virtuous man is never a novice in worldly things.
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He truly sorrows who sorrows unseen.
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A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past existence is to live twice.
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The face that cannot smile is never fair.
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A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.
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In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wreched life.
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Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you’re a good man, you’re a wonder!
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You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.
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